The Dyadic Effects of Self-Efficacy on Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patient and Family Caregiver Dyads: The Mediating Role of Benefit Finding, Anxiety, and Depression
Table 4
Effect estimates for cancer patients and family caregivers.
Effect
Submodel MCS
Submodel PCS
Estimate
SE
value
Standard estimate
Estimate
SE
value
Standard estimate
4(a): effects on QOL mediated by BF (model a)
(a): effects (self-E ⟶ BF)
CP actor effect (a A1)
0.246
0.028
<0.001
0.349
0.246
0.028
<0.001
0.349
FC actor effect (a A2)
0.355
0.031
<0.001
0.451
0.355
0.031
<0.001
0.451
CP partner effect (a P1)
0.122
0.031
<0.001
0.153
0.122
0.031
<0.001
0.153
FC partner effect (a P2)
−0.009
0.027
0.742
−0.013
−0.009
0.027
0.742
−0.013
(b): effects (BF ⟶ QOL)
CP actor effect (b A1)
0.019
0.026
0.474
0.032
0.014
0.030
0.631
0.022
FC actor effect (b A2)
0.059
0.026
0.024
0.102
0.005
0.029
0.873
0.007
CP partner effect (b P1)
−0.048
0.027
0.072
−0.080
0.008
0.030
0.791
0.012
FC partner effect (b P2)
−0.010
0.026
0.694
−0.018
0.053
0.029
0.066
0.084
(c’): effects (self-E ⟶ QOL)
CP actor effect (c’ A1)
0.144
0.018
<0.001
0.343
0.088
0.021
<0.001
0.194
FC actor effect (c’ A2)
0.105
0.021
<0.001
0.230
0.114
0.023
<0.001
0.227
CP partner effect (c’ P1)
−0.007
0.021
0.731
−0.015
−0.027
0.024
0.252
−0.054
FC partner effect (c’ P2)
0.022
0.018
0.227
0.053
−0.025
0.020
0.209
−0.057
4(b): effects on QOL mediated by PD (model b)
(a): effects (self-E ⟶ PD)
CP actor effect (a A1)
−0.104
0.009
<0.001
−0.486
−0.101
0.009
<0.001
−0.483
FC actor effect (a A2)
−0.076
0.011
<0.001
−0.308
−0.081
0.011
<0.001
−0.320
CP partner effect (a P1)
0.007
0.010
0.492
0.028
0.006
0.010
0.544
0.025
FC partner effect (a P2)
−0.021
0.009
0.027
−0.095
−0.019
0.010
0.049
−0.085
(b): effects (PD ⟶ QOL)
CP actor effect (b A1)
−0.921
0.087
<0.001
−0.468
−0.703
0.104
<0.001
−0.324
FC actor effect (b A2)
−0.907
0.078
<0.001
−0.491
−0.636
0.091
<0.001
−0.323
CP partner effect (b P1)
−0.141
0.078
0.069
−0.074
−0.147
0.089
0.101
−0.073
FC partner effect (b P2)
−0.125
0.081
0.123
−0.066
−0.086
0.101
0.398
−0.040
(c’): effects (self-E ⟶ QOL)
CP actor effect (c’ A1)
0.051
0.017
0.004
0.121
0.018
0.021
0.399
0.039
FC actor effect (c’ A2)
0.056
0.018
0.001
0.123
0.071
0.021
<0.001
0.141
CP partner effect (c’ P1)
−0.027
0.018
0.145
−0.057
−0.031
0.022
0.164
−0.060
FC partner effect (c’ P2)
−0.013
0.017
0.428
−0.033
−0.033
0.020
0.105
−0.074
Note: BF = benefit finding; MCS = mental component summary; PCS = physical component summary; PD = psychological distress; QOL = quality of life; SE = standard error; Self-E = self-efficacy; 1 = CP = cancer patients; 2 = FC = family caregivers.
